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16 Jan 2017, 22:02
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Hey all!
I have been an active reader of the debriefs posted in the forum. These debriefs have proven to be inspiring, however I am facing severe trouble with the GMAT Quant Section.
To give a brief background, I am a 24 year-old India male from a non-engineering background. I have been studying for the exam over the past 3 months. I have nearly completed one round of learning concepts and practicing questions based on the concepts learnt, but I am still unable to solve the 700 level questions on the exam. I can easily solve questions of the 500 level and some of the 600 level, but when I am faced with difficult questions I completely go blank. Another troubling area is the DS questions which are based on concepts from the Number Properties, these always seem to always go wrong.
I have been using the MGMAT guides and the e-gmat course. I have about 25 days left before my exams, and am pretty stressed
about how to proceed with Quant. Can anyone guide how should I take my quant prep ahead as I am targeting a Q 47-49 
in the final exam.
Thanks for all your time.
I have been an active reader of the debriefs posted in the forum. These debriefs have proven to be inspiring, however I am facing severe trouble with the GMAT Quant Section.
To give a brief background, I am a 24 year-old India male from a non-engineering background. I have been studying for the exam over the past 3 months. I have nearly completed one round of learning concepts and practicing questions based on the concepts learnt, but I am still unable to solve the 700 level questions on the exam. I can easily solve questions of the 500 level and some of the 600 level, but when I am faced with difficult questions I completely go blank. Another troubling area is the DS questions which are based on concepts from the Number Properties, these always seem to always go wrong.
I have been using the MGMAT guides and the e-gmat course. I have about 25 days left before my exams, and am pretty stressed
about how to proceed with Quant. Can anyone guide how should I take my quant prep ahead as I am targeting a Q 47-49 in the final exam. Thanks for all your time.
17 Jan 2017, 12:09
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Hi saileshl,
From your post, it sounds like you're focused on the 'implied level' of the questions that you're working on - when you should actually be focused on other things. Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied? What type of study routine have you been following?
2) Have you used any other study materials besides the ones you listed?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
From your post, it sounds like you're focused on the 'implied level' of the questions that you're working on - when you should actually be focused on other things. Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied? What type of study routine have you been following?
2) Have you used any other study materials besides the ones you listed?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
17 Jan 2017, 13:45
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If you can solve some of the 600-level questions, you really shouldn't spend too much time studying 700+ level questions right now. Because of the way the test algorithm works, hard questions don't really matter much to your score until you're at the point where you're getting most/all of the easier ones right. If you aren't at very high accuracy around the 600 level, keep focusing your efforts there and slightly above, not on the very hard problems. It's frustrating, but it's the way to get a higher overall score.
